cheese : Idioms & Phrases

• noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
  Armerican cheddar; cheddar; American cheese.
  

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• noun an important influential person
  big gun; big fish; big shot; big wheel; head honcho; big deal; big enchilada.
  
  • he thinks he's a big shot
  • she's a big deal in local politics
  • the Qaeda commander is a very big fish

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• noun creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
  bleu cheese dressing.
  

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• noun cheese containing a blue mold
  bleu.
  

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• noun vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
  Roquefort dressing.
  
• noun creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
  bleu cheese dressing.
  

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• noun semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
  

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• noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
  Armerican cheddar; cheddar; American cheese.
  

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• a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior.

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• noun a kitchen utensil (board or handle) with a wire for cutting cheese
  

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• noun a dip made of cheeses
  

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• (Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese.

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• noun fondue made of cheese melted in wine for dipping bread and sometimes fruits
  

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• (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food.

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• noun pizza with lots of cheese
  

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• noun a press for shaping cheese curd
  

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• a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold.

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• (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium verum, or yellow bedstraw), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making.

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• noun the rind of a cheese
  

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• noun white sauce with grated cheese
  

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• noun puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce
  

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• noun spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
  

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• noun tray on which cheeses are served
  cheeseboard.
  

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• adjective satellite greatly annoyed; out of patience
  browned off; exasperated.
  
  • had an exasperated look on his face
  • felt exasperated beyond endurance

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• noun a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture
  

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• noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
  farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
  

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• the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.

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• noun soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
  

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• a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added.

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• a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.

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• noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
  farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
  

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• noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
  farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
  

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• a popular name for a large puffball.

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• noun made from goats' milk
  chevre.
  

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• noun mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
  Gouda.
  

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• noun hard or semihard cheese grated
  

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Gru"yère` cheese (Also<

• Gruyere cheese
• Gruyère cheese

)

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1. '' (). A kind of cheese made at Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.

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• noun any cheese originally molded by hand
  

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• noun bad luck
  

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Head"-cheese noun

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1. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

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• noun a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar
  lemon curd.
  

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• noun macaroni prepared in a cheese sauce
  

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• a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.

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• noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
  farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
  

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• cottage cheese. See under Cottage.

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• noun made by blending several lots of cheese
  process cheese.
  

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• noun made by blending several lots of cheese
  process cheese.
  

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• noun fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
  quark.
  

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• noun informal names for American cheddar
  rat cheese.
  

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• cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spanish and other plants which are added to the milk.

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Slip"coat` cheese"

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1. A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white. Halliwell.

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• noun informal names for American cheddar
  rat cheese.
  

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• noun cheese formed in long strings twisted together
  

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• noun hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland
  

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